California Surf Map – Wind and Wave forecasts

California wave (swell) map for surfers, windsurfers and sailors showing open ocean wave size, wave period and wave energy. You can customize the wave and wind maps with overlays for wind arrows, pressure and general weather for surfing. There are also options to display live wind observations from ships, wave buoys and weather stations on the wave maps in the California region.

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Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Thu		Friday 28			Saturday 29			Sunday 30			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thu
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cabo Colonet Baja Norte	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cabo Colonet Baja Norte
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WNW	0.8 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.0 NW	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.8 W	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	0.6 W	0.9 WNW	1.9 W	2.1 WNW	2.5 W	2.0 W	1.9 W	1.7 W	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW
Period(s) (?)	11	16	11	11	14	14	16	14	13	13	22	22	18	18	16	16	16	15	15	16	13	14
Energy(?)	1140	575	2111	2283	609	738	745	1433	1425	1515	669	1375	2683	3170	3390	2089	1746	1305	1638	1813	773	894
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			5:50AM 2.26	4:55PM 1.96		5:28AM 1.86	5:11PM 1.47		7:41AM 2.32		7:23PM 1.26	7:40AM 2.69		7:48PM 1.50	7:06AM 2.31		10:39PM 1.92	8:36AM 2.19		10:23PM 1.32	8:40AM 2.05
Low Tide / height (m)		11:06PM 0.15	11:46AM 1.45		11:05PM 0.27	11:54AM 0.97		11:06PM 0.74		1:24PM 0.34	12:39AM 0.52		1:36PM 0.40	12:37AM 0.96		2:14PM -0.24	3:42AM 0.87		5:06PM -0.48	2:26AM 0.88		3:48PM -0.52
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	18	12	17	13	12	17	14	22	16	8	17	10	16	14	17	13	16	15	15	17	15
Low °C	11	15	11	15	12	11	15	12	19	14	7	16	9	15	14	14	12	14	14	14	16	15
Chill °C (?)	11	18	10	16	13	11	17	14	22	15	7	17	8	16	14	17	13	16	15	14	17	14
Sunrise	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:13	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:01	-
Sunset	4:52	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:37	-	-	4:51	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:42
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WNW	0.9 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.8 W	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.0 WSW	1.5 WNW	1.9 W	2.1 WNW	2.5 W	2.0 W	1.9 W	1.7 W	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	10	14	16	14	13	13	11	11	18	18	16	16	16	15	15	16	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.6 NW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 W	1.1 WNW	0.6 NW	0.5 W	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.9 NW	0.3 S	1.1 NW	0.3 S
Period (s)	16	16	15	14	14	8	15	15	14	13	22	22	10	11	7	10	11	11	8	12	9	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	2.0 NW	-	-	-	-	0.2 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 27				Friday 28								Saturday 29								Sun
	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Gold Bluffs Beach CAL - Humboldt	Patricks Point State Park CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Agate Beach Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 W	3.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 NW	1.2 NW	1.9 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.9 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.8 W	1.9 W
Period(s) (?)	11	12	12	12	11	12	12	15	9	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	17	15	14	15	14	14
Energy(?)	1100	2317	3031	3010	2188	1069	1160	1296	1157	1698	1450	1196	1182	1230	1032	675	799	1456	1201	1200	1433	1579
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		3:52PM 1.71					5:04AM 1.73				4:34PM 1.32				5:28AM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)	10:29AM 1.61				10:19PM 0.17				12:11PM 1.03				10:23PM 0.63								11:04PM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	13	13	12	12	16	15	19	12	11	10	9	15	15	14	15	11	11	11	14	13	12
Chill °C (?)	14	13	13	12	11	15	14	19	11	9	8	8	14	15	13	15	11	10	11	14	13	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	4:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 W	3.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 NW	1.5 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 NW	1.7 WNW	1.5 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.2 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.8 W	1.9 W
Period (s)	11	12	12	12	11	12	12	11	9	10	10	14	10	10	10	14	13	15	14	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	0.3 SSW	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 NW	0.9 WNW	1.1 NW	1.2 NW	1.2 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.6 WSW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.5 S	0.9 W	0.5 S	0.4 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S
Period (s)	16	12	15	15	15	16	15	15	14	14	14	8	14	14	14	16	17	16	7	15	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	-	-	-	-	1.1 NW	0.9 NW	-	-	-	0.6 NW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	6	-	-	-	-	5	5	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-

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	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Gold Bluffs Beach CAL - Humboldt	Patricks Point State Park CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Agate Beach Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.9 W	2.2 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	4.0 W	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	3.0 WNW	0.7 NW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.1 WNW	3.5 W	2.3 WNW	3.5 W	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	17	16	16	12	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	804	1151	1190	1475	1012	468	498	600	4852	2092	2197	3015	527	575	575	561	2767	2313	2960	682	645	700
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)																				5:01AM 1.37
Low Tide / height (m)	10:29AM 1.61
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	14	14	14	12	20	19	18	12	12	12	12	18	17	17	14	11	12	11	12	12	13
Chill °C (?)	15	14	14	13	10	20	19	18	9	12	11	12	18	17	17	14	8	10	8	12	12	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.9 W	2.2 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	4.0 W	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	3.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	3.5 W	2.3 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	11	11	15	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.6 WNW	-	1.2 NW	1.4 NW	1.3 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 WNW	-	1.5 NW	-	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	17	17	16	16	17	18	18	18	-	16	15	15	5	16	16	16	-	15	-	15	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-	-	0.8 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 W	0.6 WNW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	5	-	-

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Delaware	Minnesota	Pennsylvania
Maryland	New-Jersey	Rhode-Island
Massachusetts	New-York

Alaska United States	Oregon
British-Columbia	Washington

Alabama	Guatemala	Panama
Belize	Honduras	South-Carolina
Cayman Islands	Jamaica	Texas
Costa Rica	Louisiana	The Bahamas
El Salvador	Mexico	Turks and Caicos Islands
Florida	Nicaragua	Virginia
Georgia-USA	North-Carolina

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